[Gutenberg 1861] • An Old Town By the Sea

[Gutenberg 1861] • An Old Town By the Sea

This volume contains 5 novels and 12 short stories by american writer Thomas Bailey, including his semi-autobiographical novel The Story of a Bad Boy (1870), in which "Tom Bailey" is the juvenile hero. Critics have said that this novel contains the first realistic depiction of childhood in American fiction and prepared the ground for The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

The other works included are:

THE QUEEN OF SHEBA

THE STILLWATER TRAGEDY

AN OLD TOWN BY THE SEA

DAISY’S NECKLACE

& 12 short stories